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Sam Jaffe

1891 - 1984

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Shalom "Sam" Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Jaffe has received more than 1,013,386 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Sam Jaffe is the 3,191st most popular actor (down from 2,832nd in 2019), the 4,973rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,592nd in 2019) and the 1,504th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sam Jaffe ranks 3,191 out of 9,996Before him are Kathryn Morris, Patrick J. Adams, Tadanobu Asano, Eiji Okada, Edward Woodward, and Hedda Hopper. After him are Robert Stephens, C. Aubrey Smith, Jacques Dufilho, Connie Sawyer, Embeth Davidtz, and Jun Ji-hyun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Sam Jaffe ranks 160Before him are Ágnes Esterházy, Carl Spaatz, José Enrique Varela, Federico Moreno Torroba, Fred Kelly, and Edmund Goulding. After him are George Marshall, Dmitry Furmanov, Charles Journet, Vladimir Albitsky, Emil Julius Gumbel, and Alexander Volkov. Among people deceased in 1984, Sam Jaffe ranks 134Before him are Lola Anglada, Arkhip Lyulka, Giuseppe Tucci, Campanal I, Matías González, and Helge Løvland. After him are Kenneth Arnold, Flora Robson, Ethel Merman, Marcel Moyse, Gino Bianco, and Peter Walker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Jaffe ranks 4,973 out of 18,182Before him are Sue Grafton (1940), Harry Frankfurt (1929), John C. Frémont (1813), Hedda Hopper (1885), Alice Pike Barney (1857), and Gloria Vanderbilt (1924). After him are Richard Carpenter (1946), Maxie Long (1878), Tony Joe White (1943), Mike Mangini (1963), Jimmy Cobb (1929), and Chris Hughes (1983).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sam Jaffe ranks 1,504Before him are Art Carney (1918), Kyle Chandler (1965), Dick Powell (1904), Jimmy Fallon (1974), Kathryn Morris (1969), and Hedda Hopper (1885). After him are Connie Sawyer (1912), Embeth Davidtz (1965), Tony Amendola (1951), Emily Procter (1968), Steve Zahn (1967), and Keith David (1956).

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